Johnny Yong Bosch announces his return as Vash the Stampede in Trigun Stampede. The iconic space-western, sci-fi anime series is making its return with the renowned voice actor and Power Rangers star, Crunchyroll posted a video of the announcement from the actor himself on social media to share his highly anticipated return for the English dub version of the upcoming series.
Trigun Stampede Welcomes Back Johnny Yong Bosch
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Johnny Yong Bosch, the actor who originally voiced Vash the Stampede in the original 1998 TRIGUN series has been cast as Vash the Stampede in the sci-fi space Western Trigun Stampede – both series are based on the manga written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow. The English dub will show weekly, every Saturday, starting January 21, 2023, following the Japanese language simulcast, which debuts new episodes every Saturday and premiered on January 7, 2023.
“Voicing Vash the Stampede in the original TRIGUN series is a role that literally launched my voiceover career and I am extremely excited to voice him again in this all new anime adaptation from Orange. I look forward to going on this adventure with fans once more and hope new audiences enjoy the journey as well.”
– Johnny Yong Bosch
Beyond TRIGUN, Johnny Yong Bosch began his career as Adam Park, the Black Ranger, Green Zeo, and Green Turbo, on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He continued his anime journey by providing English dubbing as Kaneda in AKIRA, Renton in Eureka Seven, Kiba in Wolf’s Rain, Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass, Sasori in Naruto, Artemis in Sailor Moon, Giyu in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Lio in Promare, and many, many more.
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Jeremy Inman will serve as the ADR Director on the English Dub, a fellow voice actor who has also ADR directed other anime series such as Golden Kamuy, Saga of Tanya the Evil, DECA-DENCE, ID: Invaded, and more. On delivering the dub for TRIGUN STAMPEDE, Inman said:
“TRIGUN is anime royalty and I can’t wait to work with Johnny Yong Bosch in bringing it back to life with this new and fresh take, promising old fans the same gun-slinging action while bringing in new fans as well with amazing animation, characters, and story.”
– Jeremy Inman
Trigun IS BACK!
Trigun is a popular action manga series by Yasuhiro Nightow that follows the story of Vash the Stampede, a legendary gunman and a pacifist with a bounty on his head. The original anime was released in 1998 and was given an English Dub that aired in 2003, with Johnny Yong Bosch in the leading role. Trigun Stampede is the new series returning to the franchise for anime fans to enjoy and will be produced by animation studio Orange (BEASTARS; Land of the Lustrous) and directed by Kenji Muto (Land of the Lustrous episode director).
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It is fantastic that Johnny Yong Bosch will be returning for this iconic character as the English dub would not be the same without the original. Vash is one of the roles that started Bosch’s career as an anime voice actor and remains one of his most iconic roles. This will be seamless to fans familiar with the Trigun anime series that was originally released in 2003 since Bosch will deliver nostalgia and a fantastic performance to remember.
Trigun Stampede English dub will premiere January 21, 2023, via Crunchyroll. The English dub version of the anime series is currently available on the anime platform. To start watching the series when it releases, add the anime to your watchlist using the following link.
Official TRIGUN STAMPEDE synopsis
Vash the Stampede’s a joyful gunslinging pacifist, so why does he have a $6 million bounty on his head? That’s what’s puzzling rookie reporter Meryl Stryfe and her jaded veteran partner when looking into the vigilante only to find someone who hates blood. But their investigation turns out to uncover something heinous—his evil twin brother, Millions Knives.
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